Jamaal Bowman pleads guilty in DC court arraignment on charges for pulling fire alarm
FOX NewsOct 31, 2023
Rep. Bowman Pleads Guilty to Pulling Fire Alarm
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The Facts
US Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) pleaded guilty at D.C.’s Superior Court on Thursday to a misdemeanor charge of falsely pulling a fire alarm in the Cannon House Office Building before a House vote.
Since triggering the alarm on Sept. 30 Bowman has claimed the event occurred by accident, as he rushed to reach a floor vote on a federal government funding bill.
The Spin
Republican narrative
It clearly pays to be a Democrat, as the DOJ has protected this member of the president’s political party. While Trump and legions of other individuals are being aggressively charged for their alleged attempts to disrupt Congress on Jan. 6, 2021, Bowman gets a mere slap on the wrist for similar behavior. These double standards are outrageous.
Democratic narrative
Republicans are attempting to distract from their party’s disarray. You'd have to be crazy to argue that Bowman's actions are equal to that of the Jan. 6 insurrectionists, who intended to overturn the results of a legitimate, democratic election. Nine deaths have now been linked to the insurrectionists' riots, while no one was harmed by Bowman’s accidental pulling of the fire alarm.